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Iran’s Christian and Bahai communities are facing a renewed campaign of repression by the regime in Tehran, despite promises from President Rouhani of a new era of tolerance.

Religious minorities report a recent spike in violent attacks, arrests and intimidation by security forces that is eroding the optimism that surrounded Mr Rouhani’s election last summer. This week, troops from the Revolutionary Guard began digging up a Bahai cemetery in the city of Shiraz, prompting an appeal to the United Nations for help and outrage from foreign governments and human rights groups.